Comparison of two quantitative hepatitis C virus reverse transcriptase PCR assays

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 261-264

  Roth, W Kurt ^a   Lee, Jung Hun ^b   Rüster, Brigitte ^a   Zeuzem, Stefan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR TUMOR BIOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERUM; VIREMIA; VIRUS ISOLATION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0030049586     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.2.261-264.1996     Document Type: Article

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